Tally device for roulette



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ATTO RNEYS United. States TALLY DEVICE FOR ROULETTE Fred M. Naber,Chicago, Ill.

Application November 25, 1953, Serial No. 394,288

4 Claims. (Cl. 23S-114) This invention relates to improvements inrecording or tallying devices for the game of roulette or the like.

As is well known, the game of roulette employs a rotating wheel bearinga series of non-repeating numbers about its periphery usually rangingrfrom zero to thirtysix. The winning number for each spin of the wheel isdetermined when a ball lodges in a socket opposite one of the numbers.The several numbers or numerals on the wheel are not arranged inconsecutive order around the periphery of the wheel but are dispersed inan irregular pattern or order which varies somewhat with so-calledAmerican and foreign type wheels.

It has been noted from time to time that certain numbers tend to come upmore frequently than others during ditferent periods of play, and alsothat the numbers 'on certain areas or sides of the wheel may tend tocome up more than numbers on other areas or sides of the Wheel. Someplayers, therefore, may wish to use this apparent variation inrepetition of certain numbers or areas as a basis for predicting theperformance yof the wheel for subsequent plays.

A table layout is also employed in conjunction with the roulette wheel,on which the numbers on the wheel are arranged in certain rows, columnsand areas, but with the numbers appearing in consecutive order, entirelydifferent from the irregular order in which these numbers appearV on thewheel itself.

Although some players may be able to keep track of predominant winningnumbers as they are indicated yby successive operations on theconventional table layout, it is extremely ditiicult, if not impossible,for a player to keep in mind the exact o-rder of distribution of thenumbers on the roulette wheel itself so as to keep track, for instance,o-f which areas or sides of the wheel may contain numbers which maytemporarily appear to be winning more or less frequently on successivespins of the wheel. It is also dicult for a player to remember whethernumbers are coming up more frequently in certain columns or areas on thetable layout than in other columns or areas of the table layout-duringcertain periods of play. t

One of the principal objects of the present invention is to provide arecording or tallying device Vcapable of manipulation by the player sothat he may readily keep a running record of the area or side of thewheel in which certain winning numbers seem to be predominantduring aseries of plays, thus suggesting a basis for subsequent play of apredominating number or of certain numbers immediately adjacent suchpredominating number or numbers on the wheel.

A further object is to provide means for keeping a running record ofwinning numbers by reference to different columns or areas on the tablelayout.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear from time totime as the following description proceeds.

2,866,691. Patented Dec. 30, 1958 Figure 1 is a face View of thetallying device in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure l but wherein the cover of thedevice is removed to show the arrangement of the numerals on the dials,and especially the arrangement of the numerals and division of areas ofthe main dial corresponding to a roulette wheel;

Figure 3 is a section taken on line 3 3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a view of a conventional table layout used in playing thegame of roulette.

Referring now to the details of the embodiment of my invention shown inthe drawings, 10 indicates generally the body of a tallying devicehaving a main disc 11 rotatably mounted on a pivot pin 11a and having aseries of numerals o-n its periphery arranged in an irregular ordercorresponding to the numerals on a standard roulette Wheel. Said maindisc is mounted between a cover plate 12 and a bottom plate 13 so thatthe main body of the disc is covered by the cover plate 12. The coverplate is provided with a curved slot 14 formed on an arc registeringwith the numerals on the periphery of the main disc 11, so that aplurality of adjacent numerals can be seen through the curved slot 14.In the preferred form shown herein, the curved slot 14 is` of suchcircumferential length as to expose approximately one-third of theperiphery of the disc 11, for reasons that will presently appear. j

The periphery of the main disc 11 also projects slightly beyond themargin of the upper and lower plates 12 and 13 opposite the curved slot14 in position to be engaged by the thumb or iinger of the user so as tofacilitate rotation of the disc when desired. A marker 1S is placed onthe upper face of the top plate 12 at a point intermediate the ends ofthe arcuate slot, which marker may be labeled by any convenient wordingto indicate the last winning numeral on the roulette wheel.

The body of disc 11 is divided into a plurality of segments, each havinga characteristic marking or coloring to distinguish it from othersegments of the wheel. In the form shown herein, the disc is arbitrarilydivided into three segments 16, 17 and 18, each of which embracesapproximately the same number of numerals on the periphery. lnpthe formof disc shown herein, wherein both a zero and a double zero are used, inaddition to thirty-six numerals, one segment 16 will contain a total oftwelve numerals, while the other two segments 1'7 and 18 will each havea total of thirteen numerals including the zero or zero-zero characters.As will presently appear however, this slightly unequal division ofnumerals is not of importance for the purposes of the present invention.Moreover, the number of segments themselves' can be varied, although inmost instances it would be found desirable to divide the main disc intoat least three, and perhaps not to exceed four o1' five, segments, eachof a different characteristic marking or coloring.

In the illustrative form shown herein, it may be considered that thesegment 16 is colored blue, the segment 17 is red, and the segment 18 iswhite. Also in the form shown, these dierent colors of the segmentembracing a Winning numeral may be observed through an aperture 2t)formed in the ycover plate 12 immediately opposite the marker 15.

In a variant form of tally device, the aperture 2 0 can be omitted andany winning numeral can be yviewed by making the arcuate slot 14slightly wider, as indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1, so as to opento view a portion of the colored segments 16, 17 or 18.

ln either case, the user can readily note which area or side of theroulette wheel includes any given numeral by rotating the disc 11 sothat same numeral isl brought into registry with the marker 15 on theupper face of the device.

As in conventional roulette wheels, each of the numerals appearing onthe periphery of the disc 11 may also appear in a minor segment havingthe same color, either red or black, as these colors are used on thestandard roulette Wheel. The zero character (and also the zero-zerocharacter when used) may appear in a minor green segment on the disc 11corresponding to the color-commonly used for these characters onconventional roulette wheels.

In conjunction with the main disc-11, the tally device is alsoprovidedfwith a series of separate smaller discs to keep runningtalliesof any one or more types of play during a predetermined sequence ofspins of the wheel. For instance, in the form shown herein, a series oftally discs is provided along one edge of the device. As shown herein,this series consists of three discs Z4, and 26 along the upper edge,each bearing numerals from zero to nine, adapted for selective registryin apertures 27, 28 and 29, respectively. In this case, the last-namedapertures are designated red area, blue area, and white area, so as toregister the number of times that winning 'numbers on the roulette wheelcome up in each of the segments 16, 17 and 18 of the main disc 11 havinga corresponding color.

VAnother series of tally discs 30 and 3 1` are provided at the end ofthe device opposite the main disc 11 for recording the numbers of timesthat black or red turn up on the roulette wheel. Apertures 32 and 33 areprovided in the top plate 12 in position for selective registryby one ofthe numerals on the discs 30 and 31. Theseapertures are designated bythe words, red, and black,A respectively. They can also be used toregister odd or .even.

As in the case of t-he main disc 11, thesmaller discs 24, 25 and 26'havetheir peripheries projectingy slightly beyond the edges of the upper andlower cover plates 12 and 13 in position to be manipulated orturned'tby'the fingers.

Still another series of small tally discs-35, 36 vand 37 are providedalong the bottom edge of the device. In this case, three such discs areemployed with apertures 33, 39

and 40 respectively, which apertures are designated first dozen or firstcolumn, second dozen or second column,

yand third dozen or third column, respectively. In this case, the usermay employ this third set of small recording discs at his optionto'indicate either the number of times that a winning numeral appears inthe rst, second or third column of the table layout 45, or whether thewinning numeral appears among the first dozen (one to twelve), thesecond dozen (thirteen to twenty-four), or the third dozen (twenty-fiveto thirty-six).

From the above description, it will be observed that one of theprincipal features of novelty of the present invention resides in theprovision of the main disc or dial 11 having the same numerals appearingin the same irregular order as the corresponding numerals on the.standard roulette wheel and with the disc divided arbitrarily into aplurality, preferably three, or perhaps five, -ofmajor segments, whichsegments include approximately the same number of numerals. Also thenumerals mayfappear in minor segments colored either red, black or greencorresponding to the coloring on the standard roulette wheel. Forconvenience in illustration, the indication of color of the lminorsegments, in which the numbers appear on .the main disc in Figure 2,- isomitted, although it will be observed thatthe corresponding color foreach numeral on the roulette wheel is indicated on the table layout ofFigure 4.

The use and operation of the device is as follows:

In order to keep atally of performance of a roulette 4 wheel in play,the user turns the main disc 11 to the winning numeral as soon as thatnumeral appears on the roulette wheel which he is watching. If he isinterested in the area or side of the wheel in which this winningnumeral occurs on the roulette wheel, he notes the color of the area orsegment in which that same numeral appears on the disc 11 of his tallydevice, and enters a corresponding tally immediately by one of the smalldiscs 24, 25 or 26, as the case may be. If he wishes to keep a record ofthe number of times that black or red comes up in consecutive plays, hemakes the corresponding record by `employing the small recording discs30 or 31 at the opposite end of his device. Similarly, should he beinterested in keeping a record as to whether the winning numerals occureither in certain columns or in the first, second or third dozen of thetable layout, he can keep the proper talley with the third set of smallrecording discs 35, 36 and 37.

Although I have shown and described certain embodiments of my invention,it will be understood that I do not wish to be limited to the exactconstructionshown and described, but that various changes andmodifications ma ybe made without departing from the' spirit and scopeof the invention as dened in the appended-claims.

I claim:

1. In a device for recording the performance of a roulette wheel inplay, comprising in combination, a body, a main disc rotatably supportedon said body for manual adjustment, said main disc having a plurality ofcircumferentially arranged numerals disposed in the same irregular orderas the corresponding numerals on a roulette wheel, saidxmain disc alsobeing divided into a plurality of major segments having different visualcharacteristics and each embracing approximately the same number or"said circumferentially arranged numerals within their respective limits,a marker means on the face of said body adjacent the periphery of saidmain disc to indicate the last winning numeral on a roulette wheel andthe segment thereof in which the winning numeral is located, and aplurality of individual manually adjustable tally members on said body,of the same number as the major segments on said main disc, forregistering individually the number of times winning numerals on themain disc are included within the respective major segments appearing onthe main disc during a series of plays on a roulette wheel.

2. A device in accordance with claim l, wherein the main disc is dividedinto not less than three, or more than five major segments.

3. A deviceA in accordance with claim l, wherein the body includes4 acover over the main disc, and said cover has an arcuate slot registeringwith the circumferentially arranged numerals on said disc, the slotbeing of such length to permit view of a substantial number of adjacent`numerals occurring on both sides of a winning numeral when the maindisc is turned to register with the marker on the body to indicate suchwinning numeral.

4. A device in accordance with claim l, wherein the individual manuallyadjustable tally members comprise a series of auxiliary discs rotatablymounted on the body for individual manual adjustment, and having numbersnumerically arranged about their peripheries.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS998,603 Diefenback July 25, 1911 1,131,314 Bedell Mar. 9, 1915 1,193,441Stroud Aug. 1, 1916

